February 04, 2026
Intel and VLSI are set to square off Thursday at the Federal Circuit in one arm of their high-stakes fight over semiconductor patents, but questions over the state of $3 billion in verdicts, a potential license, fraud allegations and invalidations are still playing out in other cases. Here's where things stand.
July 21, 2025
VLSI Technology argued Monday that a federal jury's finding that Fortress Investment Group controls it and Finjan Holdings doesn't save Intel Corp. from a patent infringement case against the technology giant, while Intel asserted the exact opposite.
June 02, 2025
A Texas federal jury has concluded that Fortress Investment Group controls VLSI Technology, which could be a game-changing step in the patent company's multibillion-dollar patent fight with Intel. Here's how the jury's narrow finding could play into the widespread litigation.
May 29, 2025
A Texas federal jury on Thursday found that Fortress Investment Group controls both VLSI Technology and Finjan Holdings, and a judge will now decide whether that means Intel can escape findings that it infringed VLSI's patents by invoking its license with Finjan.
May 28, 2025
Intel Corp. tried to convince an Austin federal jury Wednesday that Fortress Investment Group's power to say "no" when VLSI Technology LLC requests money, among other override authorities, makes clear who has actual control over VLSI's finances, even if that "no" has never been invoked.
May 27, 2025
Fortress Investment Group's head of intellectual property told a Texas federal jury Tuesday that his company's overlap with investment funds that run VLSI Technology and Finjan Holdings highlights its dedication to overseeing investors' best interests, not that Fortress controls the funds.
May 21, 2025
Over the last several years, VLSI Technologies has racked up infringement awards in an expansive multibillion-dollar fight against Intel, but those could be rendered moot after a trial next week, when a Texas federal jury reviews a question central to determining whether Intel already has a license to VLSI's patents.
April 10, 2025
A Texas federal jury must determine whether VLSI Technology is controlled by Fortress Investment Group before a judge can then decide whether Intel Corp.'s license with a Fortress affiliate extends to VLSI's patents, U.S. District Judge Alan Albright ruled Thursday.
March 25, 2025
Intel Corp. told U.S. District Judge Alan Albright that a trial in its high-stakes patent infringement fight with VLSI Technology should focus on teasing out a disputed ownership structure that could inform whether the technology company has a license to use the chip patents.
March 03, 2025
VLSI Technology has urged U.S. District Judge Alan Albright to reinstate his 2022 decision that Intel Corp. doesn't have a license to its patents, saying no facts impacting a potential license have changed in the interim.